If there's anything in the whole thing that's actually surprised me it's just how badly Buffy has been handled. On the Spuffy end of things, I'm used to getting slagged off by the Whedonverse. But Buffy not angst-ridden about world-endage? Buffy not bothered by angered friends? Buffy not bothered by Slayerette deaths?

I mean, Buffy has her flaws. She's always had flaws. Some years they've been huge flaws. But Joss has always made effort to show her as a hero with a moral compass of some sort. I'm surprised that she's not angst ridden -- about the world, about dead slayers, or about her friends.

I've criticized Buffy in the past, but I would have granted her all of those things even in the days I've enjoyed her least.

This is the one aspect of all of this that actually surprises me a little.